Nigeria’s power sector faces a deepening financial crisis that could push the Federal Government’s liabilities to about N6.2 trillion by the end of 2025, amid the rapid exit of premium customers from the national grid. The government is already struggling with a N4 trillion legacy debt to generation companies (GenCos), while new arrears have risen […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called for an upward review of the national minimum wage, saying that N70,000 is no longer sustainable. The demand follows recent wage reviews by some states. In an interview, the Acting General Secretary of the NLC, Benson Upah, said workers are struggling to survive. “The truth is that N70,000 […]
Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, has described the summons of former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, leaders of the African Democratic Congress, the attack on former Attorney-General Abubakar Malami, and the disruption of the Katsina Elders Forum security meeting as a […]
Loyalists of Finland-based pro-Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, under the aegis of the Biafra Republic Government in Exile (BRGIE), have vowed to appeal the six-year prison sentence handed down to him by a Finnish court. Acting Prime Minister of BRGIE, Ogechukwu Nkere, in a statement on Friday, alleged that the judgment was influenced by pressure from […]
The Nigerian Railway Corporation has undergone a significant management reshuffle, barely 10 days after a train accident on the Kaduna-Abuja route injured 20 people. NRC’s Managing Director, Dr Kayode Opeifa, announced a sweeping reorganisation that includes the appointment, redeployment, and retention of district managers and senior officers across the corporation’s operational corridors, according to an […]
The Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy and Development (FENRAD Nigeria) has described the Federal Government’s proposed five percent surcharge on petrol and diesel as anti-people and economically insensitive. In a statement on Friday, FENRAD’s Executive Director, Comrade Nelson Nnanna Nwafor, urged the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) to rescind the decision, warning […]
Senator Ali Ndume, former Senate Leader and representative of Borno South, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to initiate Special Presidential Priority Projects for the North-East, aimed at addressing decades of infrastructural neglect and social challenges in the region. Ndume made the call in a statement personally signed and released to journalists in Abuja […]
The West African Examinations Council has outlined key facilities schools must provide ahead of the full migration of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination to computer-based testing by 2026. Head of Examinations, WAEC, Mr Lucky Njoagwuani, disclosed this on Thursday during a sensitisation programme in Port Harcourt. According to him, schools must put in […]
Opposition voices, from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to African Renaissance Movement (ARM) convener Aliyu Audu and former Labour Party candidate Peter Obi, have accused President Tinubu’s government of celebrating revenue milestones while Nigerians endure hunger, inflation, and new taxes, branding its fiscal triumphs as cruelty over compassion. The ADC knocked Tinubu’s administration for deceiving […]
Security analyst, Kabiru Adamu, has cautioned that poor welfare and salary conditions within the Nigeria Police Force remain a major obstacle to the successful integration of technology into policing, despite President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda prioritising reforms in the sector. Speaking on Friday in an interview with Channels Television, Adamu commended the President’s commitment […]
